SOC211H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Anomie, Homicide, Social Inequality
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Wherever the chapter ties back into social control. Write a 7 to 8-page essay which answers the following: A) deviance in a distinctly sociological concept. Explain this statement drawing on materials from lecture and your text: provide an example using the behaviour you"ve chosen. Maybe a legal sanction; shaming: nature of the social control mechanisms at work on this specific behaviour. A crime is a violation of a criminal law that has been formally established by the state: criminal code of canada. Legally only behaviours can be incorporated into law (to warrant punishment). Are all uncommon activities crime: transgender; abortion; walking around topless (not criminal but uncommon). The social context of behaviour: example: consuming alcohol at a certain time. Evaluation of social harm: very harmful, somewhat harmful, not very harmful. Severity of societal response: very severe, moderate, mild. Smallest part of the pyramid=least likely to occur. Tier 1: consensus crimes: murder; rape; armed robbery; child molestation.
